http://www.silicon.com Results for mobile Linux en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39665922,00.htm Although Linux runs under the covers, the applications all run within Google's browser. That means address books are accessible from any Chrome OS machine, from any web browser, and from higher-end mobile phones. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:37:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817521p,00.htm In today's high-tech world, sensitive data travels outside of company walls with alarming frequency - most often on mobile devices such as notebook Personal Computers (PCs). In times past, securing sensitive company data was a simple matter of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39617382,00.htm New entrants to the market including Google's Android will continue to snap at Symbian's heels, according to market watchers In-Stat, with the company also seeing increasing competition from a new quarter - Maemo, a Linux-based OS for mobile devices. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:14:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39565923,00.htm However, Android wasn't the first mobile Linux effort by any means: work on open source mobiles by the LiMo Foundation, as well as the Openmoko project was already underway by the time the Google OS was announced. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:04:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39550669,00.htm That year also saw the announcement of Android - Google's open source software platform for mobiles, while another Linux-based mobile OS effort, the LiMo Foundation, also came into being around that time. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:11:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60719582p,00.htm To ensure it continues to deliver high performance for a rapidly increasing user base, in 2008 the company migrated its Oracle Database server (which contains data on Mobile Cyworld users) to the Linux platform. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:24:29 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/linus-torvalds-39547898.htm Finnish software architect Torvalds initiated the development of the open source Linux kernel which formed the basis of operating systems driving desktop and server technology, as well as being embedded in a significant amount of devices such as... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:31:54 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39535793,00.htm The Samsung handsets will be the first UK phones to run Linux Mobile (LiMo) and will arrive before the end of the year. The mobile operator is also launching two Vodafone 360 phones. Vodafone launched its social networking and aggregation service... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:35:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39522655,00.htm It also comes with the same choice of Linux or XP. The Eee was tiny, it ran Linux, it was cheap as chips and it was wildly popular - spurring the creation of the netbook phenomenon that we know today. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39509132,00.htm The tablet - called the N900 - runs on a Linux-based system called Maemo and sports a slide-out Qwerty keyboard. This week has seen mobile makers Nokia and Sony Ericsson showing off the latest additions to their device line-up. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:32:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39509126,00.htm And last week, it also announced its N900 smartphone, its first Linux-based phone, which is expected to compete more directly with the iPhone and a flood of Google Android phones due to hit the market later this year and early next year. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:01:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39497501,00.htm The device isn't the first device Nokia has produced outside the mobile phone sphere: it has previously developed a line of Linux-powered mini tablets, the first of which - the 770 - was unveiled in 2005. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:41:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39484014,00.htm That means that Office, for the first time, will run on Linux-based machines. Microsoft is expected to announce a partnership today with European mobile giant Nokia to help get its Office software onto that company's mobile phones, silicon.com... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:14:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39470603,00.htm It then set about bringing the service to Mac OS X, Linux and Windows Vista.iPlayer now works on all of these - as well as on an increasing number of mobile devices. The BBC is a world leader in developing innovative media technology - so cut it... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:12:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39170347,00.htm However, Android looks set to be limited to low-end netbooks and 'mobile internet devices' as it ventures outside the smartphone arena, as Google has now announced it is diving into the desktop OS market proper next year, with another Linux... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39449789,00.htm This week saw Google announce its first foray into the world of the desktop operating system with the Linux-based Chrome OS. While Linux initially did well in the netbook space thanks to the likes of the Asus Eee PC, it soon lost out to Windows XP... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:03:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39450323,00.htm Android is Google's Linux-based operating system for mobile phones. On Tuesday Google announced the creation of the Google Chrome Operating System project, with the goal of releasing a Linux-based OS for netbooks and other PCs in the second half of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:09:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39450322,00.htm The three have led the charge in netbooks, and while they have offered versions with Windows XP, they also were early to make Linux versions available. Computer vendors have already seen that while Linux-based netbooks sold in small amounts to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:54:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39449790,00.htm Google's revelation today that it will create its own operating system will bring just one reaction from operating system enthusiasts worldwide: "Not another Linux distribution. They'll say this because if there is one problem that the Linux and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:20:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39449779,00.htm Those machines today run Windows or Linux. Linux will run under the covers of the open source project but the applications will run on the web itself. All web-based applications.will run not only on Google Chrome OS but on any standards-based... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:40:01 +0000